Hollye I forgot to answer you about the exercises, whenever I pick him up I have to roll him onto his left side and raise him up that way so that he straightens his head, I also have to hold him on my left arm with his head resting on my forearm and straighten his head and gently hold his shoulder down.
HJ I hope that little Miss B gets better soon. She's doing so well.
I thought that I would put up Julian's stats:
Weight 6.8kgs ........ 3.5kgs birth
Lenght 62cm .......... 50cm birth
Head Circ 41cm ....... 33cm birth
I think that I've got mastitis again in my left breast or at least a blocked duct, it's soo sore, has been since Monday. I think because of his torticollis he doesn't feed as effiently from that side.
Amanda - I had mastitis last week and it is sooo painful. Feeding is the best thing for it but hurts like hell. If it's not better by tomorrow I would be going to the doctor's as they say that if you can't unblock the duct within 12hrs then you need AB, especially if the blockage is red, hard and hot. Hope it clears up by itself for you.
hj - Hope B is better soon, that sounds awful, poor little darling. Do you give her water as well as formula?
Just got Olive to sleep after 3hrs of trying. I think she's a bit unsettled cause of the formula and was soo overtired. The trouble is that I will have to wake her and give her another feed otherwise ahe will be awake in the middle of the night. She is supposed to have 250mls for her age but only drank about 80-100 each feed but I suppose it will take some getting used to and must be more filling then bm. She did feed more frequently though and she lets me know when she is hungry. She also only usually drinks 120-140mls of bm as well.
HJ - Hope B is feeling better nothing worse when you've got a sick little bubba and you wana do all you can to make them better. She's growing nicely though. I can't wait to get Lara weighed next week. Hasnt been done since her 2month needles.
OM - Hope Olive gets used to the formula soon. What formula do you have her on? Lara is meant to be on 200mls for each feed and 5 bottles a day. She has the 5 bottles but only 200mls for her first morning and last nightly feed, all the rest are 150mls. She just can't handle 200mls all day long. I am sure Olive will let you know if she is hungry.
Hollye - I know you got Mia christened a few weeks ago. We haven't got DD1 or Lara christened but are thinking we would like to both get them done. What do we have to do, just contact the church we wish to have them done at and go from there?
Amanda - I hope the mastitis clears up soon for you. Julian's weights etc are great as well.
Nothing much to report from me. Lara is 4 months old today. I can't believe my little bubba is 4 months old already. My god time flies.
I thought I'd posted a few days ago but it has mysteriously dissapeared. Maybe i just clicked 'preview post'. Anyhoo...
Liam is supposed to have 200mls of his formula 4-5 times a day. Because we're supplementing he has 150ml now on top of BF and only 4 times a day. Actually, he usually has the 1st feed just BF, so just formula 3 times. He used to be very happy with just up to 100ml formula (on top of BF) but lately has been crying at the end if its just that much. Because of this i actually tried him on solids earlier in the week (mon & tues). He was very good at it!! And LOVED it - smiles, eyes lit up, etc. But then he got quite cranky in the arvo so I've gone off it the last 2 days to see if that might be why and he's been much happier. So i think i'll still hold off for a little while and just keep giving him all that formula. He's just 6.6kg so I don't think he's being overfed. (He BF's for about 15-20mins usually then just won't have any more but whinges if he doesn't get the bottle)
HJ - sorry B's sick. Hope she's feeling better soon and that you can catch up on some sleep at some stage.
Amanda - i hope the mastitis clears up for you soon. I'm so glad I've never had to contend with that.
Amanda - Julians doing well growing wise also!
Sorry to hear u may have mastitis - i know how bad that can be so my heart does go out too you! did u ring the psyhic?
Hollye - our 2 girls are never far behind each other are they? hehehe
OM - thank you - B is looking and sounding a bit better this morning - and yep i give her water (but only if its warm)- at the moment she is actually drinking more water than formula - hopefully thats not too bad - but they way im looking at it is at least she is getting fluids - i dont want her dehydrated!
Dont worry about O not drinking the 250mls thats recommended - as i think it was Hollye that reasured me that is only a guide! B is meant to be having 200mls but she is only drinking between 100-150 (when not sick) and she is doing more frequent feeds than it says as well - so just use it as a guide - she will certainly tell u if she is hungry - and as long as she is putting on weight than all is good!
Leigh - i cant wait to hear how much Lara has grown - and its going to be a bit of a shock for you since its been 2mths! im almost addicted to getting B measurements done - just cause i like seeing how much she has grown - im only going to do it monthly now i think!
Happy 4mths Lara xoxo
1stbub27 - wow u have tried Liam on solids! how exciting - what did u try him on?
I was speaking to my health nurse yesterday and they said its actually not a bad thing to start them on solids around 4mths of age as long as they have strong neck control - because what they are finding is those that are waiting until 6mths of age - come the baby being 8-9mths they are "gagging" on the more chunckier meals because they have started solids a bit late and therefor have been left on the more runnier stuff such as yogurts to long so they aren't coping well with the chuncky stuff - which they should be able to have no problems at 8-9mths! bit hard to explain by typing but it made perfect sense to me! hopefully u can understand what im trying to explain! hahaha
i will prob be looking at solids for B around 5mths - although was told she would be good to go now even if we just start her on rice cereal!
Anyways - thanks everyone for asking how Bianca is going - we actually got some sleep last night! woohoo! so she is much happier this morning! still very snuffly and looking a bit tired, and sick - but its an improvement from yesterday!
HJ yeah rang her yesterday and left a message and I haven't heard back yet? So hopefully she will ring today. Is it like that when you rang to book? How's B today?
Well poor Julian woke screaming at 4:30am and I tried to feed him and he didn't want a bar of it, so I just patted him on my shoulder and he went to sleep so let him sleep on my chest for a bit then layed him in bed with me. He then woke at 6am and I tried to feed again and he had a bit and then started screaming so sat him up and burped him and he did a massive chuck, so I just put him in bed and he fell straight to sleep and still is now, not sure what's wrong, will have to keep an eye on him.
Leigh - yeah just give your church a ring. They will either orgainse it for you or give you the number for the preist or bishop.. They will then set a date (can only be a sunday) and the rest is up to u. Send out invites.. organise if you want to have lunch afterwards etc... and so on so forth. As for costs, the service doest cost anything but they do like you to donate to the church. So we just gave them $50.
Mia didnt wake up lastnight! thank god.. i thought it was coming her new "thing". So she slept 8:30pm till 7:30am. Still having a rollover feed at 11pm. Im not sure when im meant to cut that out??? im thinking when shes on solids mayb??????
nothing worse when you've got a sick little bubba and you wana do all you can to make them better. She's growing nicely though. I can't wait to get Lara weighed next week. Hasnt been done since her 2month needles.
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